I write mostly comic novels. We have written seven or eight of those. This book is a memoir probably the only memoir i will never write. I dont have that much to say. May be going out on thin i. C. E. I dont think i will write another book than this one in part because it is so singular in nature. About two Extraordinary People who provided me with some amazing material for a book. Host what was it like to write the book . I sat down shortly after i buried my father last year i woke up in the morning with no intention of writing a book and started writing a book and i wrote a in 40 days. Was accidental there was no biblical collusion but when i looked at the calendar i saw 40 days had lapsed. I work hard to on my writing. It wrote a lot of it itself but we pretty much poured out. Host were you surprised at what poured out . Yes. I think the first sentence read Something Like im not sure how this book is going to turn out. I was indeed surprised at how it turned out. Host thats exactly
this might be the threat of my three decades at national review. i m jack fowler, vice president, former publisher. one afternoon in the late 1980s come walking out of natural national reviews the stork headquarters isac, up 35th street a smiling gentleman. it was james buckley. although, senator, i said, with enthusiasm and with excitement. and struck by my elegant prose but likely sensing a stalker vibe, the smiling gentleman nodded and replied, hello. and kept walking. and so began a friendship. [laughing] over ensuing years i found myself in jim barclays company from time to time. on each occasion and still today i cannot help but be reminded of the old sesame street song that one of these things is not like the other. one of these things doesn t belong. and i wonder, seriously, by what act of god s grace my blessed to be in this great man s presence? and he is a great man. you likely for this but it bears repeating. in our history, only handful of americans have served
good evening. would there have been a conservative movement without russell kirk? and what has become and will become all the movement for which he played so formative and meaningful a role? ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the national review institute, i welcome all of you here to this special forum, an opportunity to discuss the consequence of one of conservatism s founding fathers. i amme is jack fowler, and in trustee of the institute. also here this evening are , andw trustees, stan town peter travers, our chairman, as well as lindsay cragg, national review institute president. on behalf of them, and of the kirk center, i want to say thank you for being part of national review institute s key mission. which we have dubbed the buckley legacy project. it seeks, through forms such as this, to keep fresh and lasting the themes and thoughts and influence of conservatism s founding figures. bill, and other giants such as kirk, whose centenary we marked last month. this is
meaningful role? ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of national review institute, i welcome all here to this special forum, an opportunity to discuss the consequence of one of conservatism s founding fathers. my name is jack fowler, i am a trustee of the institute. also here this evening, our fellow trustees, stan towne and peter travers, our chairman, as well as institute president lindsay craig peered on behalf of them and the kirk center, i want to say thank you for being part of national review institute s key mission which we have dubbed the buckley legacy progress project. it seeks through forums like this to keep fresh and lasting the themes and thoughts and influence of conservatism s , bill and other giants such as kirk. this is an exceptional panel assembled. they haven t assembled yet, but they will come of the magic will happen and they will appear. [laughter] i will introduce the moderator in a moment. before that, let me bring bill into this. they marks nationa
invite up our keynote speaker tonight, dr. victor david hansen as the winner of this year s henry and annucci book prize. dr. hansen is a longtime friend of isi. he was a faculty associate going all the way back to the 90s as i mentioned earlier. he actually wrote an isi book in 2002 called bonfire of the humanities rescuing the classics in an impoverished age. he also has lectured to isi students on topics such as who killed homer the origins of the west and what happened to history. he is the martin and ellie anderson senior fellow at the hoover institution focusing on classics and military history. he is also the wayne and marcia buskey distinguished visiting fellow in history at hillsdale college and he combines the very rare ability to be one of the foremost scholars in his field of classics, but also to be a popular pundant who regularly appears on fox news and rights of weekly column with national review as well as american greatness. he has received a ba in classics f